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Call of the Page (Alan Summers) 

 

"Alan Summers is the President of the United Haiku and Tanka Society, a Japan Times award-winning writer, and Pushcart Prize nominated poet, with a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University.  His work has appeared in a number of journals, and anthologies, including Haiku in English: The First Hundred Years (W. W. Norton 2013).

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In September 2015 NHK TV of Japan made a documentary about Alan and his work:

http://tinyurl.com/AlanHaikuJourney 

He has extensive experience as a tutor and workshop facilitator in both live and online  settings. Alongside this he is also an experienced editor, both for anthologies, and for magazines, specializing in haiku, tanka and related genres. He was a founding co-editor for Haijinx - haiku with humor; and Bones Journal which still continues to publish groundbreaking contemporary haiku." (Source: https://www.callofthepage.org/about-1/)

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GraceGuts (Michael Dylan Welch)

 

"Michael Dylan Welch is passionate about poetry, especially haiku, which he has been writing since 1976 and teaching since about 1990, including being an adjunct poetry professor for the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts MFA program in writing. He has won first place in numerous poetry contests, and has had his haiku, senryu, tanka, and longer poetry published in at least twenty-two languages in hundreds of journals and anthologies..." (Source: http://www.graceguts.com/bio)

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The Haiku Foundation

 

"Our mission is to archive our first century of English-language haiku; to expand possibilities for our second; and to seek active exchange with other haiku languages and cultures around the world." (Source: https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/mission/)

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The Haiku Society of America

 

"The Haiku Society of America is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1968 to promote the writing and appreciation of haiku in English. Membership is open to all readers, writers, and students of haiku." (Source: http://www.hsa-haiku.org/about-hsa.htm)

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The Portland Haiku Group 

 

"Our mission is to provide respectful, fun, face to face meetings where we can come together to share our haiku and support each other in the further development and appreciation of this poetry form originating from Japanese culture." (Source: https://jsalzer.wixsite.com/portlandhaikugroup)

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Haiku Commentary 

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A blog founded by Nicholas Klacsanzky featuring excellent haiku, tanka, haibun, and haiga with insights, and analysis. (Source: https://haikucommentary.wordpress.com/)

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Haiku Poet Interviews 

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A blog featuring haiku poets. Each month a new haiku poet is featured. Includes links, resources, and books, etc. (Source: https://haikupoetinterviews.wordpress.com/)

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To be continued...

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